Locomotory Advantages to Flapping Out of Phase |
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Authors: | E Kanso P K Newton |
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Institution: | (1) Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, 854 Downey Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1191, USA |
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Abstract: | The interactions between two fish swimming side by side are examined. An inviscid fluid model is employed to argue that flapping
out of phase can lead to locomotory advantages for both fish. Two effects are examined: (a) the effect of the cooperation
between the wakes of the two fish in increasing their forward swimming velocities and (b) the effect of the coupling between
the lateral oscillations of the fish and the circulations around their bodies in enhancing their forward swimming motion.
The models are stripped to their simplest level in order to highlight these effects. |
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